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Alex Avila

Alexander Thomas Avila

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 29, 1987 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Archbishop McCarthy HS (Southwest Ranches, FL)
School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2009
Team: Tigers 2009-2012
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.061, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Hendricks Sports [*]
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2009 22 DET AL 29 72 61 9 17 4 0 5 14 0 0 10 18 .279 .375 .590 .965 148 36 0 0 0 1 0 2
2010 23 DET AL 104 333 294 28 67 12 0 7 31 2 2 36 71 .228 .316 .340 .656 78 100 12 2 1 0 0 2/D
2011 24 DET AL 141 551 464 63 137 33 4 19 82 3 1 73 131 .295 .389 .506 .895 142 235 8 3 3 8 9 *2/D5 AS,MVP-12,SS
2012 25 DET AL 116 434 367 42 89 21 2 9 48 2 0 61 104 .243 .352 .384 .736 100 141 12 2 2 2 2 *2
4 Yrs 390 1390 1186 142 310 70 6 40 175 7 3 180 324 .261 .359 .432 .791 114 512 32 7 6 11 11
162 Game Avg. 162 577 493 59 129 29 2 17 73 3 1 75 135 .261 .359 .432 .791 114 213 13 3 2 5 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 22 DET AL 29 72 4 0 0 -2 1 3 0.3 2 5 0.5 .510 .502 0.7 -0.1 7 $ 2
2010 23 DET AL 104 333 -7 -2 -1 -7 5 -12 -1.1 11 -1 -0.1 .488 .492 0.6 -0.1 6 $404,900 2/D
2011 24 DET AL 141 551 26 -2 0 -3 8 30 3.2 19 48 4.9 .521 .519 5.2 0.6 51 $425,000 *2/D5 AS,MVP-12,SS
2012 25 DET AL 116 434 -1 -2 -2 6 6 8 0.9 15 22 2.2 .507 .505 1.7 1.3 16 $510,000 *2
4 Seasons 390 1390 22 -5 -2 -6 20 28 3.2 47 75 7.5 .507 .504 8.2 1.7 81 $1,339,900

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 24 DET AL ALDS NYY W 5 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .063 .167 .063 .229 1 0 0 1 0 0
2011 24 DET AL ALCS TEX L 6 25 25 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .080 .080 .200 .280 5 1 0 0 0 0
2012 25 DET AL ALDS OAK W 4 12 12 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .583 .833 7 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 DET AL ALCS NYY W 3 10 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 DET AL WS SFG L 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (5 Series) 20 74 70 3 9 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 28 .129 .164 .229 .393 16 1 0 1 0 0
2 ALDS 9 31 28 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 13 .143 .200 .286 .486 8 0 0 1 0 0
2 ALCS 9 35 35 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 .114 .114 .200 .314 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2009 DET AL 22 C 25 17 12 153.1 108 101 7 0 0 1.000 -2 -16 6.34 4.32 .992 7.48 7.39 4 5 11 4 27% 26% 0
2010 DET AL 23 C 98 84 71 756.2 594 556 34 4 5 .993 -3 -7 -5 -11 7.02 6.02 .990 7.44 7.37 6 41 43 20 32% 26% 0
2010 DET AL 23 DH 1 0
2011 DET AL 24 C 133 130 126 1157.0 1018 940 73 5 14 .995 0 -2 0 -2 7.88 7.62 .992 7.61 7.57 7 56 85 40 32% 28% 0 AS,MVP-12,SS
2011 DET AL 24 DH 4 4 AS,MVP-12,SS
2011 DET AL 24 3B 1 1 1 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 -1 -150 -150 1.12 1.00 .955 2.59 2.60 AS,MVP-12,SS
2012 DET AL 25 C 113 107 99 937.2 960 897 57 6 7 .994 2 6 3 8 9.16 8.44 .993 7.99 7.94 10 31 79 34 30% 25% 0
4 Seasons C 369 338 308 3004.2 2680 2494 171 15 26 .994 -1 -5 -0 -1 7.98 7.22 .992 7.68 7.62 27 133 218 98 31% 27% 0
1 Season 3B 1 1 1 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 -1 -150 -150 1.12 1.00 .955 2.59 2.60
4 Seasons TOT 370 339 309 3012.2 2682 2494 172 16 26 .994 -2 -6 -1 -2 7.96 7.21 .992 7.67 7.60 27 133 218 98 31% 27% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 (C)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (12, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1270th)

Silver Sluggers
2011 AL (C)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 AL  5.2 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2011 AL  .389 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2011 AL  .895 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 AL  142 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  31 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.0 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2011 AL  .704 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 AL  8 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  9 (10th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2011 AL  133 (1st)
2012 AL  113 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2011 AL  940 (1st)
2012 AL  897 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2011 AL  73 (2nd)
2012 AL  57 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2012 AL  6 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  7 (5th)
2012 AL  10 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2011 AL  85 (5th)
2012 AL  79 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2011 AL  40 (1st)
2012 AL  34 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
Active  31.0 (17th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.88 (3rd)
2012 AL  9.16 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2011 AL  7.62 (2nd)
2012 AL  8.44 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2011 AL  .995 (2nd)
2012 AL  .994 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1183), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1513), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (189th), 7.5 career WAR/7.5 7yr-peak WAR/7.5 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill Salkeld (952)
  2. Pat Collins (947)
  3. Kenji Johjima (944)
  4. John Orsino (944)
  5. Brian Johnson (944)
  6. Bill Sarni (943)
  7. Bob Montgomery (939)
  8. Jonathan Lucroy (937)
  9. Lenny Webster (937)
  10. Nick Hundley (937)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Matt Wieters (968)
  2. Ray Fosse (954)
  3. Jim Pagliaroni (950)
  4. Miguel Montero (948)
  5. Charles Johnson (948)
  6. Kurt Suzuki (947)
  7. Ramon Hernandez (942)
  8. Rollie Hemsley (938)
  9. Les Moss (938)
  10. Ed Herrmann (938)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Russell Martin (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Matt Wieters (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 5, 2008: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201023Detroit Tigers$404,900
201124Detroit Tigers$425,000
201225Detroit Tigers$510,000contracts
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,339,900
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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